Imposing specificity by localization: Mechanism and evolvability

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 1998, Pages

  Ptashne, Mark ^a   Gann, Alexander ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032488056     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00508-8     Document Type: Review

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